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Buchara Turkmen 250 x 158
The handmade carpets' colors look different depending on the side you view the carpet from.This is because the pile of handmade carpets, in contrast to machine made carpets, is inclined so that the carpet has protection from dirt and wear.
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For many it is considered perhaps the most well-known type of handmade rugs. It was originally woven in the city of Bukhara in Uzbekistan, from where it took its name, we also find it as "original Buchara" or "Russian Buchara" from the time when Uzbekistan was a member of the USSR. Also, the same remarkable Buchara carpets we also find it in neighboring Turkmenistan.
A Turkmen-Uzbek Buchara is a type of handmade Carpet traditionally originating in Central Asia (especially in Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and in some cases Iran).
It is useful to distinguish between these original tribal rugs and the rugs produced in Pakistan and Iran today. The original Turkmen rugs were produced by the Turkmen tribes, for various purposes, including tent rugs, door hangings and bags of various sizes. They were made entirely from wool, with geometrical designs that varied from tribe to tribe. Most famous are the Yomout, Ersari, Beschir, Saryk, Salor, and Tekke, but the most typical is that of the Bukhara design, which derives from the Tekke main carpet, often with a red or tan background. Another favorite is derived from the Ersari main carpet, with the octagonal elephant's foot design.
The Turkmen Carpet Museum, which preserves examples of the original Turkmen tribal rugs, is located in Ashgabat. In these rugs vegetable dyes and other natural dyes were used to produce the rich colors.
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